She does not stay in long, because the dog finds everything she does so interesting:
My tidy-fit continues. Anyone who knows me might be tempted to check for a fever. Two large bags of scraps await pickup on the porch. Wonderful bits of hand-dye and lace are being repackaged as Craft Kits for resale.
Each starts with one piece of high-quality upholstery fabric. A grace note of hand-printed fabric plus quotation on the front, then a tidy lining, the corners all folded, two pockets, and an elastic to hold it closed.
Simplify. Simplify.
I'm tickled to have at last figured out how to stitch them together with one seam. Once I finish my paperwork (taxes, filing, mom's hospital bills) and teach (Alzheimer's patients today) I will make more.
I love this deer: it was the test piece, on a rough old linen napkin, when I was printing t-shirts the other week.
After a couple of days of this I was ready to tackle the big piece that has been brewing on the design wall.
I ironed and arranged - I like the bottom corner. With the miracle of Photoshop I have a test plan to work on tomorrow:
The idea of object and context, near and distant vision absorbs me. Narrative, time, the question of perspective: where you stand and where you've been changes what you see.
Meanwhile, like Jacob and the angel, I wrestled with scanner and software, and turned original collages into cards I can print myself. Wohoo!
All these will be available tomorrow at the RISD alumni sale. 
This piece tumbled out last weekend, when I did two marathon printing sessions as part of Lowell Open Studios. Many thanks to friends and colleagues who came to watch.
Waiting
Obligation